Entire Watershed Encouraged to Conserve Even More Water

The Grand River Low Water Response Team has declared the entire watershed to now be under a Level 2 Condition under the Ontario Low Water Response Program.
The Conservation Authority says all water users throughout the watershed, on both municipal and private water supplies, should voluntarily reduce consumption by 20-percent. Eliminating non-essential water use such as lawn watering and car washing is specifically mentioned.
The GRCA says the shortage of widespread rain this year has been so significant, and the impact on water systems so severe, that conservation measures will likely remain in place for the rest of the summer, even if we begin to receive average rainfall.
The City of Guelph is already under a Level 2 RED under its own Outside Water Use Program and follows similar restrictions as those being passed across the watershed.